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Ministry of Steel
Steady Start to FY23 for NMDC

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Year
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April 2021
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April 2022
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Growth %
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Production
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3.13
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3.15
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0.6%
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Sales
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3.09
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3.12
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0.9%
National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. , Country’s largest iron ore producer, a CPSE under Ministry of Steel reported production of 3.15 Million Tonnes  and sale of 3.12 MnT of iron ore in the first month of FY23.
The company continues to register growth in its physical performance. Iron ore production in April 2022 was 0.6% higher than that of April 2021 and sales during the month saw a growth of 0.9% over the CPLY. Deriving strength from the 42 MnT produced in FY22, the mining major achieved the highest production for any April month in the company’s history.
Encouraging the team to keep up the spectacular performance, Shri Sumit Deb, CMD, NMDC said, “FY23 has started on the right note for us and is a reflection of our team’s hard work aligned with the company’s strategic posture. Our adoption of new technology and digital initiatives is strengthening our supply chain and making NMDC future ready. Having achieved the target of 42 MnT iron ore production, we are confident that NMDC will grow to become a 50 MnT mining company in the near future.”
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 192.97 Cr
Over 3.34 Cr 1st dose vaccines administered for age group 12-14 years
India's Active caseload currently stands at 15,814
2,710 new cases reported in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.75%
Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 0.52%
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 192.97 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,44,01,227 sessions.
COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 3.34 Cr  adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Similarly, the COVID-19 precaution dose administration for age group 18-59 years also started from 10th April, 2022 onwards.
The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,04,06,778
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2nd Dose
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1,00,37,781
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Precaution Dose
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51,77,587
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,84,18,700
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2nd Dose
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1,75,80,049
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Precaution Dose
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85,71,879
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Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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3,34,68,814
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2nd Dose
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1,54,41,774
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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5,93,48,714
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2nd Dose
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4,53,40,468
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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55,70,25,278
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2nd Dose
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48,89,12,678
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Precaution Dose
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7,21,081
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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20,32,26,620
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2nd Dose
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19,05,99,237
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Precaution Dose
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12,96,817
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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12,70,74,367
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2nd Dose
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11,88,66,093
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Precaution Dose
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1,82,60,258
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Precaution Dose
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3,40,27,622
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Total
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1,92,97,74,973
India’s Active Caseload currently stands at 15,814. Active cases now constitute 0.04% of the country's total Positive Cases.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.75%. 2,296 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients  is now at 4,26,07,177.
2,710 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 4,65,840 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 84.88 Cr  cumulative tests.
Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 0.52% and the Daily Positivity rate is reported to be 0.58%.
Special Service and Features
HUDCO Makes Dividend Payout to MoRD
Union Minister of Rural Development, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar was presented the final dividend cheque of Rs.97.52 crore for the year 2019-20, by Shri M. Nagaraj, Director  HUDCO. Present on the occasion were Shri Nagendra Nath Sinha, Secretary MoRD, Shri D. Guhan, Director  HUDCO and other senior officials. The Ministry of Rural Development with a 20.73% share holding has received a total dividend of Rs. 128.65 crore.
In its Golden Jubilee year, HUDCO has made an all-time high dividend payout of 31% amounting to Rs 620.59 crore for the year 2019-20. HUDCO also paid dividend of Rs. 428.68 crore to Ministry of Housing and Urban Affair , and Rs. 63.26 crore to public shareholders.
This is stated in a press release issued by Shri PS Chandan, Senior Manager /HRMA, HUDCO Regional Office, Chennai.
Ministry of Law and Justice
PRESS COMMUNIQUE
Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Retired Chief Justice, Karnataka High Court has assumed charge today as Chairperson, Law Commission of India along with Justice K.T. Sankaran, Retired Judge, Kerala High Court as Member and Shri M. Karunanithi, Advocate, Madurai, Tamil Nadu as Part Time Member.
Election Commission
Biennial Election to the Council of States from Union Territory of Puducherry to fill the seat of a member retiring on 06.10.2021-
The term of office of 01member of the Council of States elected from Union Territory of Puducherry is due to expire on his retirement in October, 2021as detailed below: -
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Name of Union Territory
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Name of Member
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Date of Retirement
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Puducherry
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Sh. N. Gokulakrishnan
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06.10.2021
2. The Commission has decided to hold biennial election to the Council of States from Union Territory of Puducherry to fill up the above said vacancy in accordance with the following Schedule: -
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Sl.No.
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Events
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Dates & Days
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-
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Issue of Notifications
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15thSeptember, 2021 
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-
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Last date of making nominations
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22ndSeptember, 2021 
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-
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Scrutiny of nominations
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23rdSeptember, 2021 
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-
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Last date for withdrawal of candidatures
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27th September, 2021 
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-
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Date of Poll
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04th October, 2021 
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-
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Hours of Poll
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09:00am – 04:00pm
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-
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Counting of Votes
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04th October, 2021  at 05:00 pm
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-
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Date before which election shall be completed
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06th October, 2021 
3. Broad Guidelines of Covid-19 as already issued by ECI as well as the recent guidelines issued by ECI as contained in para 13 of Press Note dated 04.09.2021 available at link https://eci.gov.in/files/file/13681-schedule-to-fill-casual-vacancy-and-adjourned-poll-in-the-assembly-constituencies-regarding/ to be followed, wherever applicable, during entire election process for all persons.
4. The Chief Secretary, Government of Puducherry is being directed to depute a senior officer from the Union Territory to ensure that the extant instructions regarding COVID-19 containment measures are complied with while making arrangements for conducting the said biennial election.
Ministry of Railways
Shri V.P. Pathak, Indian Railway Stores Service Officer takes over as Member  Railway Board
Shri V.P. Pathak, Indian Railway Stores Service Officer of 1980 batch, took over as Member  Railway Board on 16th April, 2019. Prior to joining this post, he had been working as Director General , Railway Board since 12th June, 2018 and General Manager of Chittaranjan Locomotive Works since December, 2016.
Shri Pathak graduated in Civil engineering with Honours from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad in 1979. During his career, Shri Pathak has worked in different capacities in ER, NR, NCR, CORE, NER, NWR, RCF, DLW & CLW.
During his tenure as Director General , Railway Board, Indian Railways achieved earnings of Rs. 4192 crores through Scrap disposal. This is an improvement of 33.4% over the previous year.
He has keen interest in high altitude trekking and music. He has completed Kailash Mansarovar Yatra in 2014.
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Government to prioritize vaccination to seafarers
Union Minister Shri Mansukh Mandaviya thanked the states for including Seafarers in State ‘Priority List’ for vaccination
Union Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways  and Chemicals & Fertilizers Shri Mansukh Mandaviya has reviewed the status of vaccination to the seafarers. Shri Mandaviya suggested that the seafaring industry should not get hampered due to non-vaccination and emphasized that all efforts should be made to get the seafarers vaccinated before joining their scheduled duties on board.
India plays a very significant role in the global seafarer industry. There have been demands from many quarters to accord 'priority' to seafarers in the vaccination drive in view of the nature of their work. The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways  also coordinated actively with the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare to give priority to seafarers in COVID vaccination.
Due to the recent intervention by the Ministry, Major Ports have started Vaccination Centers. Six Major Ports which includes Mumbai Port Trust, Cochin Port Trust, Chennai Port Trust, Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Kolkata Port Trust and Tuticorin Port Trust have started vaccinating seafarers at their port hospital. Moreover, a private hospital in Kerala has also been roped in for vaccinating seafarers.
Seafaring Unions/Associations like MASSA, FOSMA and NUSI have also successfully organized special camps for vaccination.
Apart from these measures, Ministry of PS&W has been making efforts to take State Governments on board for including seafarers in their State 'priority' list, and Kerala, Tamilnadu and Goa has already provided such status.
Government of India will leave no stone unturned to facilitate seafarers for vaccination.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
National Highway Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited  pays dividend of Rupees Thirty-Three Crore Ninety-Nine Lakh to Government for the year 2021-22
National Highway Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited  a Private Sector Underaking under Ministry of Road Tansport and Highways has paid a dividend of Rs 33,99,00,000  to the Government of India for the year 2021-22.
Mr. Chanchal Kumar, MD, NHIDCL presented the dividend receipt to the Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari at New Delhi on March 28, 2023. NHIDCL has declared 33% dividend  for the year 2021-22.
This is the 6th consecutive year that NHIDCL is paying Dividend. The company paid dividend of Rs. 26 Crore in the previous year.
NHIDCL has 245 ongoing projects involving 5076 KM of road construction in 12 states/UT of India. Under the guidance of Shri Gadkari NHIDCL has progressively increased its capacity and has so far  completed more than 1250 KM of road and made a qualitative expenditure of more than Rs. 17,000 crore.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Functioning of Lokpal
The institution of Lokpal has been functioning since the appointment of its Chairperson and eight Members in March, 2019.Lokpal is an independent statutory body established under section 3 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013. In terms of Section 48 of the said Act, the Lokpal is required to present annually to the President a report on the work done by it, which is caused to be laid in both the Houses of the Parliament.
The Government has sanctioned 124 posts for the Lokpal at various levels including that of the Joint Secretary, Director/Deputy Secretary, Under Secretary, Section Officer, Accounts Officer as well as secretarial and support staff.
This information was given by the Union Minister of State , Development of North Eastern Region , MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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PM remembers Sardar Patel on his Punya Tithi
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has remembered Sardar Patel on his Punya Tithi.
"We remember the great Sardar Patel on his Punya Tithi. Every Indian is indebted to Sardar Patel for his monumental service to our nation", the Prime Minister said.
Competition Commission of India
CCI approves acquisition by T.S. Rajam Rubbers Private Limited and Dhinrama Mobility Solution Private Limited of certain shareholding in TVS Supply Chain Solutions Private Limited
The Competition Commission of India  approves acquisition by T.S. Rajam Rubbers Private Limited  and Dhinrama Mobility Solution Private Limited  of certain shareholding in TVS Supply Chain Solutions Private Limited  under Section 31 of the Competition Act, 2002.
The proposed transaction entails an acquisition of additional shareholding of Target by Acquirer 1 and Acquirer 2 . The proposed transaction will be carried out through a secondary purchase from CDPQ Private Equity Asia Pte. Ltd. .
The Acquirers are wholly owned subsidiaries of TVS Mobility Private Limited, which is owned and controlled by Shri TS Rajam Family. The TS Rajam Family members are the promoters of the Target.
Target is an unlisted public company and along with its affiliates, it is engaged in provision of logistics/supply chain solutions services in India and abroad.
Detailed order of the CCI will follow.
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Promotion of skill development of tribal community
As per the National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015 India has a target to train 402.87 million by 2022. This includes 104.62 million new entrants to existing workforce in the country who need to be skilled to meet industry requirement. In addition 298.25 million of existing workforce need to be reskilled/upskilled.
The Ministry has been implementing PradhanMantriKaushalVikasYojana , Jan ShikshanSansthan Scheme and National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme  for providing short term Skill Development training to the youth belonging to all section of the society including tribal community.All of the above Schemes has the mandatory provision of utilization of funds fortribals through Tribal Sub Plan  component. The details of fund allocation under Tribal Sub Plan in the PMKVY Scheme, JSS scheme and NAPS in FY 2021-22 are given below:

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S.No.
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Scheme
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Total Budget Estimates, 2021-22
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Budget Estimates 2021-22 
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1.
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PMKVY
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1438
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110.50
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2.
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JSS
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161
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12
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3.
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NAPS
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120
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9.29
The MSDE through National Skill Development Corporation  promotes establishment of model and aspirational skill centres known as PradhanMantriKaushal Kendra  for imparting skill training in every district throughout the country including the tribal areas. In addition, the Ministry,under the JSS Scheme, 238 Jan ShikshanSansthans are being functional and75 new JSSs has been sanctioned for the current Financial Year . In addition to this, under PMKVY Scheme, Training Centres  have been set up through NSDC. As on 10.07.2021, 2050 TCs have been operational under PMKVY 2.0. Further, there are 14,604 Industrial Training Institutes which provides long term training to all sections of the society including STs, out of which 1508 are in tribal areas.Capacity of a training centre/ institutes in terms of candidates varies from scheme to scheme and State to State.
The details of the centres set up under PMKVY scheme, JSS scheme and NAPSare given below:
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S.No.
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Scheme
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Implemented through
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To be set up by Public/Private/PPP
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Financial arrangement
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1
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PMKVY
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NSDC
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Set up by private/public organization
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Cost of training and certification borne
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2
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JSS
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Jan ShikshanSansthan
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Non-Government Organization
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Cost of training and certification borne
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3
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NAPS
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Industrial Establishments
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Both public and private
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Stipends for apprentices
The following additional benefits are given to candidates to tribal candidates under the different skill development of schemes:
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S.no.
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Scheme
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Benefits for tribal candidates
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1
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JSS
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Course fees are waived for the SC, ST, Divyangjan& BPL category beneficiaries
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2
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CTS
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Benefits are extended as per State/UT policy.
The information was given by the Union Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, ShriDharmendraPradhan in a written reply in the LokSabha today.
Ministry of Education
HRD Minister, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ chairs review meeting with senior officials of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, National Institute of Open Schooling and Central Board of Secondary Education
The Minister of Human Resource Development, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ held another round of review meetings with the organisations under Ministry of HRD in New Delhi today. Senior officers of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan , Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti , National Institute of Open Schooling  and Central Board of Secondary Education  briefed the Minister about initiatives and achievements of their arespective organisations.
Union Minister Shri Pokhriyal directed that all the institutions to fill up the vacancies in order to increase quality and efficiency. The Minister said that it is our duty to provide quality education to all the students. He added that vocational education and skill education must be promoted in all institutions.
The minister was also briefed about the upcoming PISA exam, in which KV, NV and schools of Union Territory of Chandigarh will participate. The Minister also reviewed the preparations for the upcoming International Yoga Day.
The Minister appreciated the efforts of NIOS for training the 15 lakh untrained teachers. He reviewed the basic literacy programme of National Institute of Open Schooling. The Minister also appreciated the efforts of KVS, NVS and CBSE for their achievements.
Prime Minister's Office
PM condemns the terrorist blast in Kabul
PM condemns the terrorist blast in Kabul
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has strongly condemned the terrorist blast in Kabul.
“We strongly condemn the terrorist blast in Kabul. Our thoughts are with the families of the deceased and prayers with the injured.
India stands with Afghanistan in fighting all types of terrorism. Forces supporting terrorism need to be defeated,” the Prime Minister said.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Rebuttal to the news on unemployment rate
Surveys conducted by private organizations generally neither scientific nor based on internationally accepted norms
The official data on “Employment–Unemployment” is released by Ministry of Statistical and Programme Implementation  based on Periodic Labour Force Survey 
PLFS indicates that the employment market has not only recovered the jolt of Covid-19 pandemic, but also is at levels higher than the pre-pandemic level.
News related to high unemployment rate during December, 2022 has been published in some sections of the media based on a survey conducted by a private company. It is important to note that many private companies/organisations conduct surveys based on their own methodologies which are generally neither scientific nor based on internationally accepted norms. Moreover, the methodology used by these companies/organisations usually have a bias towards over-reporting unemployment or under-reporting employment due to their own sampling procedure and definitions used for collection of data on employment/unemployment. The results of such surveys should be used with caution.
The official data on “Employment–Unemployment” is released by Ministry of Statistical and Programme Implementation  based on Periodic Labour Force Survey . The latest Annual PLFS report is available for the survey period July, 2020 to June, 2021 for estimates at all India level. The quarterly PLFS report is also released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation for Urban areas. The quarterly reports are available till July - September, 2022.
As per the available PLFS report, the worker population ratio i.e. employment for person aged 15 years and above was at the level of 44.5% during July - September, 2022 compared to 43.4% during the same quarter in 2019. The unemployment rate during July-September, 2022 stood at the level of 7.2% compared to 8.3% in July-September, 2019. Thus, the data of PLFS indicates that the employment market has not only recovered the jolt of Covid-19 pandemic, but also is at levels higher than the pre-pandemic level.
Ministry of Finance
121 crores released towards Government of India co-contribution in Atal Pension Yojana ; Total number of subscribers registered under APY as on 12th April 2018 has crossed 97.60 lakhs.
Atal Pension Yojana  is being implemented through the APY Service Providers comprising of Public Sector Banks, Private Sector Banks, Regional Rural Banks , Cooperative Banks and Department of Post both in urban and rural areas across the country. The total number of subscribers registered under APY as on 12th April 2018 has crossed 97.60 lakhs.
The scheme provides for a co-contribution from Government of India for those who have registered before 31/3/2016 with an amount of 50% of the subscribers contribution up-to a maximum of Rs. 1000/- and these subscribers will be eligible for co-contribution for a period 5 years from 2015-16 to 2019-20 only those subscribers who are not income tax payers and not part of any other social security schemes are eligible for Government of India co-contribution.
Keeping in view the above, the Government of India through PFRDA has released co-contribution for the FY 2016-17 for nearly 14 lacs eligible subscribers amounting to Rs. 120.92 crores. The Subscribers who have any pending contributions in their APY account till March 2017 won't be paid with co-contribution. They have been advised by PFRDA to regularize their APY account so as to get Government of India co-contribution. Government of India co-contribution is payable only when accounts are regular and the admissible Government of India co-contribution is paid into the Savings Bank account of the Subscribers.
Atal Pension Yojana provides minimum guaranteed pension ranging between Rs. 1000/- to Rs. 5000/- per month for the subscriber from the age of 60 years.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Global Nutrition Report
Government has accorded high priority to the issue of malnutrition and is committed to improve nutrition outcomes in the country and implements Anganwadi Services, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana and Scheme for Adolescent Girls under the Umbrella Integrated Child Development Services Scheme  as targeted interventions to address the problem of malnutrition in the country.
Further, to strengthen nutritional content, delivery, outreach and outcomes with focus on developing practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity and to achieve the sustainable development goals, steps have been taken to improve nutritional quality and testing in accredited labs, strengthen delivery and leverage technology to improve governance. Government has advised States/UTs to ensure that the quality of supplementary nutrition conforms to prescribed standards laid down under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and regulations made thereunder. States/UTs have been advised to promote use of AYUSH systems for prevention of malnutrition and related diseases. A programme to support development of PoshanVatikas at Anganwadi centers to meet dietary diversity gap leveraging traditional knowledge in nutritional practices has also been taken up.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.